1971 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Tony Oliva	.546 (.54620)	Minnesota Twins	1
Bobby Murcer	.543 (.54253)	New York Yankees	2
Norm Cash	.531 (.53097)	Detroit Tigers	3
Frank Robinson	.510 (.50989)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Reggie Jackson	.508 (.50794)	Oakland Athletics	5
Willie Horton	.496 (.49556)	Detroit Tigers	6
Bill Melton	.492 (.49171)	Chicago White Sox	7
Reggie Smith	.489 (.48867)	Boston Red Sox	8
Don Buford	.477 (.47661)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Frank Howard	.474 (.47359)	Washington Senators	10
Roy White	.469 (.46947)	New York Yankees	11
Bill Freehan	.465 (.46512)	Detroit Tigers	12
Harmon Killebrew	.464 (.46400)	Minnesota Twins	13
Al Kaline	.462 (.46173)	Detroit Tigers	14
Rico Petrocelli	.461 (.46112)	Boston Red Sox	15
Boog Powell	.459 (.45933)	Baltimore Orioles	16
Sal Bando	.452 (.45167)	Oakland Athletics	17
Merv Rettenmund	.448 (.44807)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Amos Otis	.443 (.44324)	Kansas City Royals	19
Davey Johnson	.443 (.44314)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Jim Northrup	.442 (.44227)	Detroit Tigers	21
George Scott	.441 (.44134)	Boston Red Sox	22
Graig Nettles	.435 (.43478)	Cleveland Indians	23
Rick Reichardt	.429 (.42944)	Chicago White Sox	24
Don Mincher	.427 (.42651)	Oakland Athletics	25
		Washington Senators
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five. Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).